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The Storm. ... The intensity of their sexual act inside the house follows the pattern
of the storm outside. Their passion climaxes and diminishes with the storm. ...
The Storm. The Ironic Storm ... soul of Calixta. As the storm approaches suddenly
in the sky, it also approaches without warning for Calixta. ...
The Storm. The Ironic Storm ... soul of Calixta. As the storm approaches suddenly
in the sky, it also approaches without warning for Calixta. ...
Analyzing "The Storm.". ... In Kate Chopin's "The Storm", Chopin not only creates the
perfect setting but also uses the setting as a symbol of the affair. ...
Analyzing "the Storm.". ... In Kate Chopin's "The Storm", Chopin not only creates the
perfect setting but also uses the setting as a symbol of the affair. ...
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In the short story "The Storm" by Kate Chopin, the two main characters, Calixta and Alcee, had a flirtation several years before the story takes place, but each made a more suitable marriage to someone else and they have not seen each other since. In the present when the action takes place they are reliving that time when their passion was at its climax. This, essentially, is what the story seems to be about at the surface. Underneath the surface, there is a deeper and a larger meaning. "The Storm" helps to define the sexual standards and restraints of the late nineteenth century while also making a statement about humans' natural tendency towards sexual passion.
Chopin begins to illustrate this sexual restraint of the time by using the title "The Storm." When thought of in literary terms, a storm tends to be associated with conflict, uneasiness, and turmoil. Chopin uses the image of the storm to represent the sexual tension that builds throughout the story between Alcee and Calixta. Critic Robert Wilson suggests further that "Chopin's title refers to nature, which is symbolically feminine; the storm can therefore be seen as symbolic of feminine sexuality and passion, and the image of the storm will be returned to again and again throughout the story" (1).
Chopin begins using the illustration of the storm with Calixta's husband, Bobinot. Bobinot decides to wait out a storm at the general store with their son, Bibi. This waiting out or avoidance of the storm suggests that Bobinot also avoids the stormy passions that his wife is clearly capable of. After this, the reader is introduced to Calixta at their home, sewing and doing other household chores, "unaware that the storm is coming" (Wilson 2). This suggests to Wilson that "her sexuality is repressed by the constraints of her marriage and society's view of women, represented in this passage by the housework" (2). Airing out on the porch are her husband's Sunday clothes, which Wilson says "allude...
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